As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my commentaries. It's so difficult because you're the harshest critic. David Slade More Quotes by David Slade More Quotes From David Slade Mads has a terrifying subtlety and as the episodes go on, you start seeing the way a person can command other people by doing practically nothing and terrifying the sh*t out of you. He is the most astonishingly subtle performer with the most incredibly keen sense of what his face can do and how his words can form. He has a mission. Nothing is by chance. I truly believe as long as we have success in seasons that Mads will become the defining face of Hannibal Lecter. David Slade long believe people Film becomes a living organism. After awhile, it begins to tell you what it needs and you're usually best listening. David Slade film listening needs I've always been very, very supportive of fan cultures. I'm a fan of all kinds of things. David Slade supportive fans culture With a DVD, you want something you can own, you can watch, you can come to grips with and you can explore. It's something larger than the film, when it's going out to a fan base. David Slade dvds want-something fans I don't do commentaries on films because A) I'm not very good at it and B) it's an odd thing that I discovered, on my first film, that you go through this really intense experience of making a film and then you sit in a little room with a monitor and you reduce the thing to a bunch of silly anecdotes. It's really unfulfilling and I've never really enjoyed listening to them anyway, so I just don't do them. David Slade listening silly rooms As the director, you're meant to be critical and you are, so there are loads of things. But the thing is, the way I look at it is, to try to get some measure of success, it's dangerous to look at financial or critical success, or positive response as a measure. David Slade trying directors way There's this point between conscious and subconscious when you realize you were asleep and resting, and you were having all kinds of anxiety dreams about the film and all the things that can go wrong. You get in this hypnagogic state, where you're waking up and realizing, "Oh, it was just a dream." David Slade waking anxiety dream It's good to know where you've come from. David Slade knows Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it. David Slade good you coffee thank-you On one level, this was the biggest challenge out there - to make a film of this scope, in this amount of time, and to go into a different genre, essentially. Yes, I've done a vampire film, but 'Eclipse' is a very different kind of thing. This is a romantic story, which swings from a darker, more abject feeling to very pure romantic scenes. David Slade challenge feeling time romantic I believe the most interesting thing to look at in the world is the human face, so that is why I tend to be a little closer to human faces than maybe other directors will be. David Slade face look believe world Personally, I have nightmares about the unstoppable monster. David Slade nightmares about monster unstoppable Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films. David Slade fantasy done want romantic What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker. David Slade challenge story great me I'm a big fan of horror movies. But I prefer visceral to viscous, let's just say that. David Slade movies say big horror Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking. David Slade beast suspense tough real I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!' David Slade first thought who vampire Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do. David Slade will my-own focus work I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either. David Slade either them listen The vampires of '30 Days of Night' never really came into discussions early on. They did later when we were trying to figure out the pathology of the 'Twilight' vampires. '30 Days' is a completely different film. If you are a kid, please ask mum and dad before you watch that one! David Slade never you dad night
